The small town of Saks, AL (zip code 36206) is part of the larger Calhoun County. The local politics of Saks are largely guided by the Calhoun County Commission, which consists of five elected representatives from districts throughout the county. These representatives decide on matters such as taxation, public works projects, and economic development initiatives. There is also a mayor for each municipality in the county, including Saks. While it may not be as high profile as state or national politics, local political candidates in Saks still make decisions that have an impact on their communities and constituents should always take time to find out who they are and what they stand for when it comes time for elections.
The political climate in Zip 36206 (Saks, AL) is strongly conservative.
Calhoun County, AL is very conservative. In Calhoun County, AL 29.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 68.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Calhoun county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 68.8% to 29.8%.
Calhoun county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 36206 (Saks, AL) is strongly conservative.
Saks, Alabama is strongly conservative.
Calhoun County, Alabama is very conservative.
Anniston-Oxford Metro Area is very conservative.
Alabama is strongly conservative.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index is based on recent voting in national elections, federal campaign contributions by local residents, and consumer personality profiles.
VoteWord™
Displaying 20 years of Presidential voting, visualized in one word.
Saks, Alabama: R R R R R R
How It Works:
Here at BestPlaces, we were looking at the voting patterns since the 2000 election and realized that we could express the results of each election as one letter. R if the Republican Party candidate won, D for the Democrat and I for the Independent. The six elections (2000, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016, 2020) would be expressed as six-letter word (R R D R R).
Then we went a little further and added the dimension of magnitude. If the difference of victory was greater than 10 percent, the letter is upper case, and lower case if the difference was less than 10 percent. This allows us to see interesting voting patterns at just a glance.
Here's the VoteWord for Iowa d r d d r. In the last six elections the state has been closely contested, voting narrowly for the Republican Party candidate in 2016 and 2020 after voting for the Democratic Party in 2008 and 2012. Virginia (r r d d d D) has voted for the Democratic Party in the last three elections.
Individual Campaign Contributions in zip 36206 (Saks)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 13 contributions totaling $717 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $55 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 124 contributions totaling $15,268 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $123 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)